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840 fortifications about Richmond, and though not often called upon to face the enemy, except toward the last, and altogether without experience in those adventurous marches, raids and hand-to-hand fighting, which made other commands famous, stood guard faithfully and bravely at the Confederate capital, doing their whole duty, and playing a necessary and important part in the war for Southern independence. He was born in Bedford county, Va., in 1829, was reared there, and remained in his native county until he entered the Confederate service as a private in the Ninth battery, heavy artillery, Capt. A. G. Williams commanding. He served four years in the defense of Richmond and took an active part in the battle of Chaffin's Farm, during the aggressive operations of the Federal army north of the James river, in the fall of 1864. He went through this service without wounds, and, though sometimes ill, never was absent from his post or in hospital. At the evacuation of Richmond he was taken prisoner and afterward confined at Point Lookout until June, 1865, long after the close of the military operations in Virginia. Since the war he has been a resident of Bedford City and has mainly been engaged in mercantile business, in which he has been quite successful. In 1861, he was married to Miss Saluda E. Juter, and they have eight children: Albert, Waverley, Frederick, Will, Lulu, Lelia, Lillie and Addison.

James H. Douthat, of Pulaski City, Va., was devoted to the Confederate service during the four years' war, except when disabled by illness. He was born in Pulaski county April 3, 1838, and enlisted in April, 1861, as a private in Captain Francis' company of the Forty-fifth regiment. After the first year's service, for which he was enlisted, he was retained by Montgomery county for the manufacture of shoes for the soldiers of that county, an occupation for which he was prepared by previous training. He continued in this work through the summer of 1862, and then going to Richmond, became a member of Captain Stinson's company of infantry, First battalion of reserves, and meanwhile engaged in the manufacture of shoes for the army until he had got out over two thousand pairs. In July, 1863, he was taken with typhoid fever and was disabled in consequence until October, 1864, when he reported for duty at Dublin and was enlisted in Swann's battalion of cavalry. He furnished his own mount and served faithfully in southwest Virginia during the winter of 1864-65, and later in West Virginia, attached to the command of Col. Vincent A. Witcher, under General Breckinridge. He continued with this command through the spring of 1865 and, at the time of the surrender, April 9th, was on his way to join General Lee's army when he was informed of its capitulation. He surrendered at Wytheville with Major McDonald. Since the close of hostilities he has been engaged in the shoe business with much success in the counties of Wythe and Pulaski. He was married in 1856 to Miss R. J. Windle, who died May 26, 1891, leaving nine children: Edward B., Clementine, William H., Cleann, Margaret, John D., Rosalie, Ann Pearl and Charles B.

Richard Devereux Doyle, a prominent member of the legal profession of Norfolk, Va., is a representative of a patriotic family of southeastern Virginia which contributed freely to the Confederate cause. His father, John Edward Doyle, born in county Wexford,